In what can only be described as an attempt to guide Trump’s decisions in a certain direction, retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters spoke with Fox News host Bill Hemmer about what he thought needed to be done by the administration in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime apparent recent use of lethal chemical weapons again in his country’s ongoing civil war.

“Don’t blame Obama, we know Obama screwed it up,” Peters said, alluding to former President Barack Obama’s tendency to blame everything on his predecessor, former President George W. Bush. “The ‘red line‘ and everything was disastrous, but we keep hearing, ‘There’s a new sheriff in town.’

“Well, the new sheriff has to get serious about rounding up the outlaws,” Peters continued. “You cannot let this stand.”

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Peters noted that the international ban on the use of chemical weapons after World War I was even observed by Nazi Germany. He stridently warned that if nothing was done in response, the taboos on the use of biological or nuclear weapons would be the next to suffer blatant violations.

“If we do not respond to this wanton use of nerve gas on men, women and children, believe me, the gates are going to open, you’ll see more chemical weapons used, and eventually chemical weapons will be used against our troops,” Peters cautioned. “This is a war crime of the first magnitude.”

The military analyst expounded upon that advice for the president even further in an op-ed for the New York Post, again stressing the need for “Deeds, not words, Mr. President.”

Peters reiterated that biological and nuclear weapons could soon also be used if nothing of consequence is done for the recent chemical attack, and went so far as to suggest the Trump administration call Russia’s bluff by launching an attack against Assad’s air bases from which the chemical attack was likely launched.

Though it is unclear if the rest of the country is ready to go to war over a gas attack in which details remain murky, Peters did raise valid points that the time for simple talk and empty threats has drawn to a close and has reached a point where some sort of action appears necessary.

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Trump, as he is wont to do, has refused to give any indication of what his potential military response would be, should he choose to go that route.

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Ben Marquis lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. He reads voraciously and writes about the news of the day from a conservative-libertarian perspective. He is an advocate for Constitutional government and a staunch defender of the Second Amendment, which protects the rest of our natural rights.